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Article: Neutron star quakes and the origin of the "knee" in the cosmic ray spectrum

TitleNeutron star quakes and the origin of the "knee" in the cosmic ray spectrum
Authors
Cheng, KSChi, X
KeywordsAcceleration of particles
Cosmic rays
Gamma rays: bursts
Pulsars
Issue Date1996
PublisherE D P Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.aanda.org
Citation
Astronomy And Astrophysics, 1996, v. 306 n. 1, p. 326-328 How to Cite?
AbstractThe quake-induced Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere of neutron stars can accelerate electrons to high energies and give rise a burst of gamma rays. Here we generalize the acceleration mechanism to protons and demonstrate that the Galactic proton flux from dead canonical pulsars is sufficient to account for the "knee" feature in the energy range 1015 eV - 1016 eV of primary cosmic rays. Furthermore, we find that the overall star-quake (glitch) rate of galactic neutron stars is about 1 event per day, which is quite consistent with the gamma-ray burst rate.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80448
ISSN
0004-6361
2023 Impact Factor: 5.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.896
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dc.contributor.authorCheng, KSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChi, Xen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:06:34Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:06:34Z-
dc.date.issued1996en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAstronomy And Astrophysics, 1996, v. 306 n. 1, p. 326-328en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80448-
dc.description.abstractThe quake-induced Alfvén waves in the magnetosphere of neutron stars can accelerate electrons to high energies and give rise a burst of gamma rays. Here we generalize the acceleration mechanism to protons and demonstrate that the Galactic proton flux from dead canonical pulsars is sufficient to account for the "knee" feature in the energy range 1015 eV - 1016 eV of primary cosmic rays. Furthermore, we find that the overall star-quake (glitch) rate of galactic neutron stars is about 1 event per day, which is quite consistent with the gamma-ray burst rate.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherE D P Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.aanda.orgen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAstronomy and Astrophysicsen_HK
dc.subjectAcceleration of particlesen_HK
dc.subjectCosmic raysen_HK
dc.subjectGamma rays: burstsen_HK
dc.subjectPulsarsen_HK
dc.titleNeutron star quakes and the origin of the "knee" in the cosmic ray spectrumen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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